@Pete.8 and @Eustace I think my neighbour felt the same way. My tangled mass in their garden. If I had a large enough garden, I would love to have one again as I'm attached to the spring flowering.
If you're looking for a more compact form of Clematis montana, you might be interested in sourcing this variety which is called 'Wee Willie Winkie'.. lovely name..
...here on a 6 x 6 feet trellis... well scented too, of vanilla..
...if you're growing a rambling rose over a shed and worried about the detritus, remember you can, if you want, cut the whole lot down after flowering to about 1 foot, but keep and tie in any new non flowering shoots already arisen, and all new shoots popping up in late summer, for next years blooms... that way it's renewed fresh each year... you will forfeit repeat flowers and hips though. Alternatively, do this every 2 years..
@Marlorena, thank you for your advice, i will keep that in mind if i try this at some point... for now i will limit myself and experiment with the rambler half groundcover half spilling over the fence, as we discussed in the FEL thread... otherwise i will feel overwhelmed from the beginning ))
If you're looking for a more compact form of Clematis montana, you might be interested in sourcing this variety which is called 'Wee Willie Winkie'.. lovely name..
...here on a 6 x 6 feet trellis... well scented too, of vanilla..
@Marlorena you are a total star! Any idea how to find Wee Willie Winkie? I would dearly love to grow this. It's interesting that the main clem sellers and general sellers don't offer this.
@Fire I'm sorry I wouldn't know, if it's not available now... the previous owner here planted it, probably bought quite locally.. it's a New Zealand bred clematis... I eventually wanted a rose there, so now have Kew Gardens in place.. but for a clematis of this type it should be more readily available really..
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...here on a 6 x 6 feet trellis... well scented too, of vanilla..
...if you're growing a rambling rose over a shed and worried about the detritus, remember you can, if you want, cut the whole lot down after flowering to about 1 foot, but keep and tie in any new non flowering shoots already arisen, and all new shoots popping up in late summer, for next years blooms... that way it's renewed fresh each year... you will forfeit repeat flowers and hips though.
Alternatively, do this every 2 years..
I'm sorry I wouldn't know, if it's not available now... the previous owner here planted it, probably bought quite locally.. it's a New Zealand bred clematis... I eventually wanted a rose there, so now have Kew Gardens in place.. but for a clematis of this type it should be more readily available really..